title: Relative effects of social self-control, sensation seeking, and impulsivity on future cigarette use in a sample of high-risk adolescents.
abstract: We used confirmatory factor analysis to compare convergence/divergence across self-report measures of social self-control, sensation seeking, and impulsivity in a sample of high-risk adolescents. In addition, we tested baseline social self-control as a predictor of cigarette use one year later, controlling for baseline cigarette use, impulsivity/sensation seeking, and demographic variables. Data were collected in 2004-2005 from 821 adolescents (M age = 16.3; SD = 1.36) enrolled in 14 continuation high schools in Southern California. Of the baseline sample, 566 students participated in a follow-up survey one year later. Results indicated that social self-control represents a unique dimension of self-control and is a salient predictor of future cigarette use.
authors.affiliation: 1University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Prevention & Control Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: Pallav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pokhrel
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stacy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D055815:Young Adult